Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6825, Anthony Ethell, Va.

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Rev War
6825
INVALID.
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File No. 6825
Anthony Elbell Pris Rev War
Act: June 1 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 st , Page 116
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Virginia 12.877- Anthony Ethell
of Fauquier in the State of Virginia who was a pri: in the company commander by Captain Triplett of the Regt commander by Col. Grayson in the Virginia line for 15 months and 29 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 53 Dollars 22 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of June '33. and sent W m H. Lennings Warrenton Va
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 - 106.44 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept n - 26.61
$133.05
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W m Miller Clerk Book E Vol. 6. Page 7

1887 Feby 23 Mrs Mollie L Fouts of Ambronia La, give residence & birth for identification with Benjamin Elwell File 35.2 86 Prior

va 11/15/
ut.
$53.20
13 mo 1/2 yr exp
Ann's account -
Middleburg va

Almig as apuente
15 mo + 29 days
$ 53.22
pa 11/18
cut
Middletown Va.

State of Virginia Fauquier County ss
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the county and State aforesaid the applicant subscribing Anthony O'Neil who being duly sworn, deponeth and saith that, by reason of old age, the long intervening space of time, and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades -
  As a volunteer soldier from the first of November 1775 til the middle of April 1776  5 1/2 Months    As a volunteer soldier from the first of June 1776 to the last of December of the same year  7 Months    As a drafted soldier to guard the Hessians two Weeks  #Pn.    As a drafted soldier in the summer 1781 three Months  3 M.    Making in the four tours, One year and four Months, and for such service I claim a Pension  16 24  
Anthony O'Neil
The above affidavit was made sworn to and subscribed by Anthony O'Neil before me a Justice of the peace this 21 st day of March in the year 1833 -
James Pickett

State of Virginia, County of Fauquier ss
On this 29 th day of August in the year 1832 Personally appeared in open court before the Justices
_____ of the court of Fauquier county now sitting Anthony Ethell a resident of the county aforesaid aged 75 years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as therein stated; first, in September 1775 he volunteered in a company commanded by Captain Simon Triplett called Minute Men in Loudoun County Virginia and encamped in November in Lanes old fields near Centreville where he mustered about two weeks, then marched to Dumfries where he mustered about two weeks more, then marched by Fredericksburg to Williamsburg where he arrived the day after Christmas staid about one week, then marched by Yorktown to Hampton and saw a remnant of the fire of the burning of Norfolk by Lord Dunmore, continued at Hampton til about the last of March or first of April 1776 and performed guard duty at the old lighthouse which was burned down before he left there, the Regiment was commanded by Col o William Grayson and Major Levin Powell; no officers of the regular Army were at Hampton during his stay, that about the first of April he was dismissed until further order and marched home to Loudoun County; that about the last of May he was ordered into service again and marched with the same company to Alexandria and stationed on guard duty at a battery or breast works made by the Fairfax Militia until Christmas with the exception of 7 to 10 days he came home to harvest, that in consequence of the men of Capt t Triplett's company enlisting in the regular army it became broken at Christmas, he was dismissed and returned home; that some time in January or February 1777 he was drafted in Loudoun county to guard the Hessian Prisoners captured at Trenton on their march to Albemarle barracks, which town was about 3 weeks, was commanded by Capt t Daniel Feagans; That in the summer of 1781 he was drafted again in Loudoun County in a company commanded by Captain Thomas Cannon and marched and joined the army at New Kent Courthouse, and was under the command of Col o Merryweather or Manyweather and

Majer Hardiman of the Regular Army, he saith also in the service same time Col o Darke and Gen l Lafayette, and other officers whose names he has forgot; that this was a tour of three months for which he received a certificate for pay, the only paper that he recollects at his discharge, which he long since has disposed of, that he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service, except the affidavit of Robert Combs to prove his service as a Minute Man —
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
He further saith that he was born in Loudoun county February, year 1757, that he is now in possession of his father's family record in which his birth is entered, that he resided in Loudoun county when called into service as already set forth, and continued to reside at the same place, when a part of Loudoun county was added to Fairfax county which then made his residence in Fairfax, that the last thirty years he has resided in the county of Fauquier
Sworn to and subscribed this 29 th day of August 1832. Anthony Ethell
James Pickett We John Kemper and Reuben Murray residing in the county of Fauquier and State of Virginia do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Anthony Ethell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy five years of age, that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion —
J. Kemper James Pickett Reuben Murray
Sworn to in open court on the day above
C. A. Wsmith C.C
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states
I, William H. Jennings, Clerk pro tempore of Fauquier County Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Anthony Ethell for a pension — and do furthermore certify that James S. Pickett, before whom the annexed affidavit appears to have been made, was at the time the same was done, still is, an acting Justice of the peace in & for the county of Fauquier.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed my seal of office the 15 th day of September 1832. W. H. Jennings